Torch-holder.



c. R. LAMBERT.

TORCH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1912.

l 1 53,630 Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH C0.,WASHINOTON. D. c.

C. R. LAMBERT.

TORCH HOLDER.

APPL'ICATION FILED MAY 4. 1912.

1,153,630. PatentedSept. 14, 1915.

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TORCH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Ratented Sept. 14, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that "I, CrIAnnns RQIIAM ER'IJ,

a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Torch- Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to vapor burning torches of that type in which the liquid fuel is held in the tank or container which is pro vided with a vapor burner and usually also a pump for placing the required gaseous pressure upon the fuel. In the use of said torches in the mechanical arts, two types have been developed, in one the tank and burner are designed to remain in stationary position while the work is brought into proximity to the burner mounted thereon. Another type is designed as a hand tool and to this end the tank is relatively small and is provided with a handle for adjusting the same and the burner mounted thereon into the desired relation to the work.

It is the object of the present invention to obtain a construction which is adapted to perform the work of either one of the types above referred to and to this end the invention consists in the construction as here inafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a torch and its holder; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section showing the manner of clamping the torch to the holder; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holder with the torch detached therefrom.

A is the tank of a hand tool torch provided with a handle B and burner C.

D is a holding stand having a base E and upright arm F at one side thereof.

G is a torch engaging clamp comprising a segmental member G adapted to fit the side of the tank and having a shank H which vertically adjustably engages a slotted bearing I in the upright F of the stand. The shank H has formed preferably integral therewith the collar bearing H for bearing against the inner side of the member F while the outer end of the member F is threaded at H and is engaged by a nut J.

For retaining the torch in the segmental bearing G a clamping segment K is provided, this being preferably a bent rod havring a straight end portion... engaging a socket L on he member G and threaded'to engage a clamping nut M. Thus by adjusting the nut M the member K may be moved to exert a clamping tension on the tank body.

The member F is also preferably provided with a socket N in which a work supporting holder 0 is vertically and rota tively adjustably secured. This holder is preferably formed of a rod which at its upper end is bent to form a support for a melting pot or any other article to be heated by the torch.

With the construction as described in use, the torch may be employed as the ordinary hand tool, and whenever it is desired to use the same in connection with the holder it may be quickly secured by an adjustment of the clamping segment K. When thus engaged it may be variously adjusted to suit the requirements of the work. Thus it is possible to adjust the tank body longitudinally in relation to the clamping members K and G, or it may be adjusted rotatively in the clamp. Again it is possible to vertically adjust the shank H in the stand member F and to rotatively adjust said shank to any angle desired. This rotative adjustment being about an axis transverse to the axis of rotative adjustment in the clamping member, permits of a universal adjustment by which the torch may be directed at any angle and may be adjusted to any position desired. In addition to the adjustments of the torch in the holder the work supporting holder 0 may be adjusted either vertically or rotatively in its socket to sustain any desired relation to the torch.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a support for a hand torch, a stand comprising a base, an upright at one side thereof having a vertically slotted bearing, a segmental member extending laterally over said base and having a shank engaging said vertically slotted bearing, and a segment carried by said first mentioned segment and adjustable in relation thereto to clamp the torch.

2. In a support for a torch, a stand comprising a base, an upright at one side thereof, a segmental bearing projecting laterally from said upright and adjustably clamped thereto, and an opposed segment having a threaded shank engaging a socket in said first mentioned segment and having a clamping nut for securing the same to the torch.

3. In a support for a torch, a stand comprising a base, an upright at one side thereof, a segmental bearing projecting laterally from said upright over said base and provided with means for adjustably clamping vit to said upright, a second segment adjustable upon said first segment to a clamp said torch, a Work support having a vertically extending shank, and a socket on one side of said upright With Which the shank of said work support; is adjustabiy engaged.

CHARLES R. LAMBERT.

Witnesses J AMns P BARRY, DELBERT CoLLINs.

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